Caledonien Roman (French Edition)

We decided that we would be co-authoring this book. The duties were split in a fair manner: Roddy would do all the research, all the interviews with guests and with former members of the staff, he would collect the old photographs, browse his and all the public archives, write all of the text including the captions, mention me various times as the co-author and send everything over when it is ready. The idea behind this equal distribution of the workload was that he would be doing the first one hundred years, while I was concentrating on the rest.

To make me feel even more comfortable with my responsibilities he took me around Edinburgh in his car, showed me the city and the vicinity, explained to me strange things like the Holder of a Quaich, the weird and wonderful sounding name Firth of Forth and he signed all mails to me with Yours Aye Roddy, which I only recently translated into Yours Always, after having purchased the three volumes encyclopaedia Everyday Scottish: At that time Roddy still worked on his book Supernatural Scotland. With the politeness of a patient guest I spent long evenings listening to tales of ghostly castles guarded by black stallions, of fairies and Small People on Skye, not taller than a table, and haunted graveyards.

It was one of the rare surprises in life that we did not hold our meetings on the cemetery across the road. I think the reason was that the bar at the Caledonian is more fun, and most of the time not as crowded. With the exception of Dolly the Sheep I like to ask you: All this, of course, did not go down unnoticed: I would like to give a personal Nobel Prize to the people who are working at The Caledonian. This impressive collection of bricks and mortar, glass chandeliers and woven carpets, would be a sole-less house without them.

And the book would have quite a number of fathers less. They all helped tremendously in shaping this book, some of them turned up on their days off to bring in old picture material, original menus from bygone days and other pieces of memorabilia.

It was a pleasure, an honour to work with them. Last but not least I wish to thank another father of this success, the Hilton Company. It was with the acquisition of the Waldorff Astoria in New York that Hilton, like many other hotel groups, has started to safe the life of various historic hotels around the world. Preservation is the right word, if we agree that we have to guard the fire, not the ashes. Constant renovation is part of this concept; new amenities must be added all the times, as hotels were always creative forerunners for innovative ideas.

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Finally I wish to thank you, dear ladies and gentlemen. It is you, the guests, who makes all this possible.

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Let us all work together to keep the legends alive by constantly challenging these grand old ladies of hospitality to remain what they are: It must be noted with greatest respect that the management of the hotel decided to accept historical facts rather than old legends and traditionally distributed myth. We are in particular indebted to all former and current members of the staff, who contributed so generously to this book.

In a few cases we were unable to identify the copyright owner. This work does not therefore claim to be complete. The entire work, including such parts as the dust jacket, the enclosed postcards and bookmarks, are also subject to copyright. Note for publishers and authors All the photographs used in this book are available as high-quality digital files. We will be happy to provide them for you. Only 40 books were specially bound in burgundy red leather.

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French is the only language of instruction in state-supported schools. For the Europeans, sports tend to be closely related to the sea and include boating, fishing, windsurfing, and swimming or sunbathing at the city beaches of Vata Cove and the Bay of Citrons; tennis and cycling are also popular. Although football soccer in France is closely followed, large numbers of Melanesian men play the sport locally. Melanesian women have widely adopted a version of cricket , which was first introduced by early British missionaries in the Loyalty Islands. Melanesian football and cricket teams compete annually in countrywide competitions.

In many areas Melanesian custom remains strong, particularly in relation to clan and family ties and obligations. Almost without exception Melanesians, regardless of their education or urbanization, return to their villages to take part in elaborate ceremonies and gift exchanges on such occasions as births, marriages, and deaths.

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Traditions have been modified to include Christian ceremonies. In rural areas the traditional division of labour is retained. Women tend to carry out the daily agricultural round of planting, weeding, and harvesting, as well as the domestic tasks of cooking, cleaning, and child rearing.

Men perform the heavier tasks of clearing the ground for new gardens.

All take part in the annual yam planting and harvesting, which is still something of a ceremonial and social occasion and also sometimes draws urban workers back to their villages for a short period. The use of local languages remains strong, although French has become the lingua franca through its prevalence in the educational system.

With an increase in nationalist sentiment beginning in the late 20th century came a revival of interest among Melanesians in the traditional arts of sculpture, mat and basket weaving, singing, dancing, and wood carving. State-owned radio and television stations relay programs to all parts of the country. Satellite antennas have become increasingly common, bringing television programs and Internet access to even the remotest regions.

Melanesians settled the islands about bce and, except for rare Polynesian voyagers, probably were cut off from outside contact until the late 18th century ce. Regular contact with Europeans began in when sandalwood traders from Australia introduced islanders to the use of iron. The arrival of a Protestant mission from the London Missionary Society in the Loyalty Islands in and a Marist mission, which was set up at Balade with the aid of the French navy in , marked the beginning of the Protestant and Roman Catholic presence in the territory.

The French flag was not run up in the Loyalty Islands until From the time of colonial settlement until as late as , Melanesian uprisings were common and were constantly feared by the settlers and authorities alike. The French suppressed each uprising with the help of indigenous auxiliaries by destroying villages and crops and demanding unconditional surrender, and insurgents were punished by deportation or execution and further confiscation of their lands. By French authority had been established over the southern third of the mainland, and in the next decade the French established policies for disposing of indigenous land, regrouping tribes, and appointing a system of tribal chiefs to represent the administration.

By the end of the 19th century, large areas of Melanesian land had been alienated and the inhabitants relegated to reserves. Although the prime concern of the early colonial administration was the reception and control of about 22, French convicts sent to New Caledonia between and , the French also attempted to attract free settlers and obtain a supply of cheap labour. In addition, between and some 60, indentured labourers were imported to construct public works and to work on plantations, ships, wharves, and mines and in commerce and domestic service. These included ni-Vanuatu the indigenous population of Vanuatu and Solomon Islanders — , Vietnamese — , Javanese — , and Japanese — Only a small percentage of the survivors of these workers remained in the colony after their contracts expired, and, although few ex-convicts left the territory, not many established families.

The government encouraged two later waves of free settlers in the s and s to migrate to help establish coffee and cotton industries, respectively, but Europeans remained in the minority. After World War II the European population gradually increased by migration, but the main influx of white and Polynesian settlers occurred in the years leading up to and including the nickel boom of — For the first time, the Melanesians became a minority in their own country, although they still were the largest single ethnic group. From the beginning of French settlement, political debate among the white settlers revolved around the rights of residents to administer their own affairs without endangering the flow of French financial aid.

Between and a locally elected general council advised the governor on territorial affairs and voted a local budget. By French citizenship had been granted to all New Caledonians, regardless of ethnic origin. Progress toward self-government was made in when a Territorial Assembly was created with powers to elect an executive under the presidency of a high commissioner. In the s the Caledonian Union became an increasingly Melanesian party as Europeans deserted it, and it turned to supporting the cause of independence. In the Caledonian Union formed the Independence Front in coalition with several minority Melanesian parties.

Among its provisions were a change of status from overseas territory to overseas country later, unique collectivity and the holding of a referendum on independence, to be deferred for 15—20 years. The referendum, held on November 4, , resulted in some 56 percent of voters rejecting independence. While this was a victory for proponents of New Caledonia remaining a part of France, it was a much narrower margin of victory than had been expected, which bolstered the hopes of pro-independence supporters.

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